Here are the guidelines for the Final Portfolio. The Portfolio should be 75% done (at least) by Wednesday, May 3rd. We will be peer reviewing Portfolios and Narratives in class that day. Your completed portfolio should be turned in no later than Monday, May 8th at 5pm. No late Portfolios will be accepted. Portfolios must be completed in order to pass the course. If I cannot find a link to […]
First Draft Due: April 24th Peer Review: April 24th Second Draft Due: April 26th Final Individual Conferences: April 26th-27th Final Draft Due: May 1st This assignment will ask you to explore the types of experiences that you have had, and to document them using a specific genre – the resume or curriculum vita (CV). In addition, you will be responsible for writing a 2-3 page analysis of those experiences. Where […]
First Draft Due: April 5th Second Draft Due: April 12th Individual Conferences: April 12th-13th Final Draft Due: April 19th For this paper, you’ll need to rely upon the skills of rhetorical analysis and genre identification that you’ve honed throughout the semester. What does it mean to be a writer and communicator in and about the profession you are hoping to go pursue as a career? This project will require you to […]
In addition to the ethnographic research you’ll need to do for your Empirical Research Project, you will need to include some quantitative data. This data will be used to supplement your observations, and to give you some insight into another research methodology. As you compile this data, keep in mind the following based on our class discussion on 3/20 and 3/27: Select a specific range of data to examine. Remember […]
Step 1 / prewriting due: done in class on February 22nd Step 2 / proposal and secondary research: due by class time March 1st (we will go over these in class) Step 3 / autoethnographic observation and journaling / fieldwork due: start by February 25th; finish by March 8th by class time Step 4 / quantitative data gathering: start in class on March 20th; continue on your own Step 5 […]
First Draft Due: Monday, February 6th (Peer review in class. A missing draft will be counted as an absence.) Second Draft Due: Monday, February 13th Conferences: Monday, February 13th and Tuesday, February 14th Final Draft Due: Monday, February 20th How does a song get categorized in a particular genre of music? What characteristics attract us to our favorite artists and styles? And how do artists make use of genre characteristics […]
